Festival's Type:
Original Children’s / Young People’s Film Festivals
Film Festivals with section for Children’s / Young People’s Films
Festivals for Films made by Young Filmmakers
(for more details, see you-film.net)
Awards allocatedCountry:
Festivals for Films made by Young Filmmakers
- Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Enimation Festival, Maribor
- Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Filmkorte, Flensburg
- FiSHground Baltic Area at FiSH Filmfestival im StadtHafen, Rostock
- Four River Film Festival, Karlovac
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Fresh Film Festival, Limerick City
- FUSE – Film Under Sever Experiment, Karlovac
- GaztefilmFest, Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Independent Days Karlsruhe, New Date: Oct. 21st to 25th 2020, Karlsruhe
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- International Filmworkshop "One Take", Leba
- International Short Film Festival BOO, Praha
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Youth Film Festival “Plasencia Encorto”, Plasencia
- Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel
- Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- Leeds Young Film Festival, Leeds
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu Madrid, Madrid
- Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- Moscerine Film Festival, Roma
- NUFF - Nordic Youth Film Festival, Tromsø
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Plural + Youth Video Festival, New York
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- REC-Filmfestival Berlin, Berlin
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- Sehsüchte – International Student Filmfestival of Konrad Wolff Film and Television University, Potsdam
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- up-and-coming Int. Film Festival Hannover, Hannover
- VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin and Rijeka
- Werkstatt der Jungen Filmszene / Workshop for the Young Film Scene, Wiesbaden-Naurod
- Youki – International Youth Film Festival, Wels
- Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest
Kassel, Germany
17/11/2026 - 22/11/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
next Festival afterwards (probably): November 2026
Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Wissner Ventura, Gerhard
Deadline for film entries: 24/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Documentaries, Films made by Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 230
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: The promotion of young filmmakers is a special concern of the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, and the DokfestEducation section is an expression of this commitment. Imparting expert knowledge, taking in new developments and critically discussing them, establishing relationships and networking: These are the goals of the section.
Contact:
c/o Filmladen Kassel e. V.
Goethestraße 31
34119 Kassel
Germany
Phone: ++49 561 707 64 32
Internet: www.kasselerdokfest.de